Netscape and SafeSurf Team Up to Protect Children Online

NetWatch Tool Gives Parents Internet Content Choices

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. (June 17, 1998) - SafeSurf and Netscape Communications
Corporation today announced NetWatch, an important new tool now
available within Netscape Communicator software. The tool allows parents to
utilize the popular SafeSurf Rating Standard within their Netscape browser to
set content levels according to their own individual standards.

"Netscape and SafeSurf have taken a significant step toward protecting children
and free speech on the Internet," said Wendy Simpson-Cherry, SafeSurf's President.
"NetWatch is efficient and easy to use, making Netscape the "family-friendly"
browser of choice for millions of parents."

Parents may configure NetWatch to accept content levels in different SafeSurf
categories including Profanity, Nudity, Violence, Intolerance and Gambling.
Parents also have the ability to block unrated sites. The easy-to-use NetWatch
interface gives parents a "point and click" ability to choose Internet content
for their families.

"On behalf of parents everywhere, who have envisioned the day when the SafeSurf
Rating System would be available as a standard browser feature, we applaud
Netscape for making this a reality. Communicator now becomes the browser to
choose for safesurfing," said Ray Soular, SafeSurf's Co-founder and Developer
of the SafeSurf Rating System. The best part is Communicator doesn't just
implement this feature as an afterthought, it does it like it really cares,"
he conculded.

"We hope this important step will encourage all webmasters to rate their sites
and identify their content," explained Simpson-Cherry. "Responsible Internet
publishing is one of the most effective ways to avoid government censorship of
the Internet," she added.

SafeSurf is an international no-fee parents' organization formed to protect
children on the Internet and the rights of parents through technology and
education. After pioneering the Internet's first rating system, SafeSurf
became a founding member and served at the heart of the technical development
of the PICS specification, and has been instrumental in fighting government
censorship on the Internet. SafeSurf's web site (http://www.safesurf.com)
provides an easy-to-rate form which content providers may fill out to
create their own custom rating for their site. SafeSurf's site also features
family resources such as safety basics for children online, links to filtering
software, and the famous "Kid's Wave" safe list of entertaining and educational
sites for all ages.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of open software and
services for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the
Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools,
commercial applications and professional services to create a complete platform
for next-generation, online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol NSCP,
Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.